The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-01 00:00:00

call info the fullest developmentailthe energies of the Eng ltsh soil, all the powers of English capital, all the capacities of E ng li sh industry. Under such a system, labourer could ever_„ want employment—no capitalist could ever want a sphere ucolloriai operations, either i n agr i cu lt ure , or i n the m i g hty home and trades, w hi c h wou ld spr i ng out o f t h e a d o p tion by , d G overnment of the principle indicated. In years of abun ance' Government might buy the farmer's surplus produce, soon as price s f e ll to a certa i n l eve l. I n years o f scarc i ty , Government could sell from the stores in the public granaries, wb er , prices should rise to a certain predetermined point. The results would be security to the corn- grower—unbounded em ployment to l abourers and capitalists of all kinds—together ' lb a guarant ee aga i nst f am i ne, an d aga i nst d epen d enc e on for e i gners. The Agricultural Committee, which sat in 1833, re ported that the country has become annually depen "ent for a portion of its] supply on importations from abroad." But for them this year, at least a tenth of °ur people would be in absolute want of food. To a ct on the landlords' scheme, as propounded by the Herald, implies, therefore, the extinction at once of the tenth part of the population. Two million four hundred thousand human beings must be starved out of existence. The anti-centralizing Herald, too, w ould make the Government the distributor of food e nd, as if it had not power enough at present, would P l ace at i ts mercy the who l e su b s i stence o f t h e peo pl e . It would give it the complete monopoly of the Corn trade. Moreover, it would make the Government the principal employer of all the workmen, and would ,Place th e i r wages , as well as their subsistence, in the ,flands of th e l an d owners. Th e H era ld, i n it s phi lanthropic care of the working classes, would provide Thore work for them, and give them less food. The address of Mr. O ' CONNELL and the Precur 13or§ of Ireland to the Radicals of England, which appears in another part of The Sun, is worthy of P i lblic attention. He gives our misled brethren some excellent advice, which should be enforced by the r emembrance of the former services of those to *whom h e counsels them to adhere. 'We agree, 0 , with his observations on the Whigs and the Tories ; but it has now become essential to the popularity of the former, and even to their continuance i n power, that they should bring forward some bold 4 ,;( 1 comprehensive measures. Perhaps the Ballot , Triennial . Parliaments, the Abolition of the C orn -laws, 11.'4 - an Extension of the Suffrage might do something to r econcile th e p eo pl e to the Legislature, from which They 'ncilv seem totally estranged. The art has not yet 33ee n discovered of governing a free people against their ! ill ' ,and we therefore look on the estrangement of the 'asses from the Legislature as the symptom of a fatal As e have of late mentioned more than onc e - this Journal, there seems now to be a well - gro unded al arm th at t h e wor ki ng - c l a sses, much fretted and irri tated by a long continuance of oppressio n, are pre haru _ Lug an.d r eso l ve d to have recourse to physica l force do themselves j ust i ce . Th e y are resolved to be Judgesla in their own cause, and take the ma kin g of the w into th e ir o wn hands. A Corresponde nt at Bir ra Ingham i n f orms us that a stronger indicati on ha s be en given th ere o f a disposition to resort t o p h y sical o thece by a certain party than he has kno wn for y ears i"" h be remembers well the disposition of the p eo p le at e pE:riod of the Reform agitation. The London " Westminster Review contains the following para ?lA, which th r ows some light on a statement we tl e six weeks ago, that guns had been stolen from a h a ° "k le in Kent : t o i llo re are known to us many facts picked up during a home the t his autumn, which prove that the discontent among thva:vur king classes is leading them to rely more on . rifles ',.) 11 right. In the beer-shops of Kent, as well . as in the ar •l u°Ps of Manchester, the stuff out of which insurrections Lena de is becoming rife. In the manufacturing towns of tf lem e4 .k hire a portion of the working classes have formed whi e ,7etves into two kinds of societies—political unions, in tio , s _a, .olities are discussed, and where arms are never men .and targeteer clubs, where arms are practised, and liolitics we never heard of. The members of the targeteer C l , nbs sut scribe weekly sums, until they have as much money zineetect as will buy a rifle. When a rifle is bought it be -47 Wes arize + f h or which ft all those who have not got rifles shoot malt e m u ar se .. of it ;e andri e th th e us u g ns o u e c s c i e n s t s o fu t l h c e a h n y: d d a s te b s e g s o t fitted on sui Lo ing and competing until they succeed. A similar method i Ps -actisectin Scotland, in some parts of which the rifle is 1 1 % ;sandy practised by working men, both by daylight, and by ' 4 W lelight. Yo,sterday both the Chronicle and the Herald 4 d lot lg articles on the disposition of the people to have 41 euurs t to physical power to obt ain their ends, and 1, r 7'tb aeed in stating that a la r g e p ortion of the chartist s , under the influence of Messrs. O'CoNNox STEpIiENS, have resolved that at a certain time, Universal Suffrage be not granted, " the masses shall, simult a .neously, bring their physic al ener g ies :O bear upon ithe decision of the question I" This I the was en th u siastically responded to , sa y s • Herald, by • asse mbled tens of thous ands, and i ' tt ' adopti on i n duced the Birming ham Political Union, with Mr. ATTWOOD at its head, to call a eating of the people on Tues da y , and, after an :C'uous struggle, they obtained the ass ent of the p eo p le t 4 resolution in favour of peace and orde r. This re -1110,1"t10,i, however, it is plain, does not c arr y with it 13 t he ilirmingham people, many of whom adopt Mr. C°NN, OR'S scheme. What the physi cal -force men a la Y be a b le to accomplish, we cannot say : what they 11 at, is th us described in the Herald of yesterday:— 'But the ~ Oysical-force" men—" Are they," i t ma y be h e . m , "really i ormidable ? Are they in earnest in their h e !\tB ? Are the mad enough to contemplate the overt hrow v iolenc e o f th e ctablished arrangements of society ? ,r these questions, we answer without hesitation, that the l o llsical-force" men , are in earnest. They may be chars c- lamed At . °ll Y—for madness---for t 7uilt of the most atrocious it? but no person w h o h as I :aken the trouble to ascertain si t 'r Innermost feelings can dou'bt, that they are terribly in west I L7.ok at the composition of the par..'y I In that party may f o und enthusiasts, bent on the asserjon, at all hazards, of lkt. ,• errie principles, having the entire reconstruction of society ',' U s avowed end I In that party, may b 2 found men, de iltvl! of any change that shall afford them the chance of Ing by spoliation, and by the depression of those classes, . e ,", at present rule the world ! Bu t above all, and . nfi tot •'t more formidable than all beside s, in ,be ,, ph ysica - %li e : Party, may be found tens of thousands of industrious Ni t a n; rendered desperate by ill-rewarde d toil, and .y un 'l Oppression. N Ve shall at present make no comment on th ese facts ti oir statement s , but leave them to the good s ense of . read ers . Th o se, however, who suppose that the p r ess Int institutions and laws of this country are little cordance with natural justice, or the natural order toti %)‘ 7..iety, w ill see i n these proofs of wide-spread dis , ph!""t, prompting a resolution to seek red ress b y •"i 'cal force, a subject of paird,ul alarm. - - A VV e have rece i ve d this morning the whole of the w it itri h l ; Jom:nals of Thursday, from whic h, to g ether t ot , those of the two previous days, extracts will be . .. e 11 , lb l in another part of The Sun. The King of h e i -i ,..,; • k. i tans was to set out from Brussels on a vi sit to the -k ill 11 g of the French this day. lat e i be Journ a l (.47,,., Paris says—" It is said that the King has to et Y made hi s w ;11. By this document he is sai d to have 4 11 1 a : ated the persona; right of all the members of his fam il y l eap ' S i mportant successi:m ; then, as it is possible that he may 1 %,,, e minors, L ou i s Philipce is said to have designated before -114,;'' t he Memb ers o f the t_ "dumber of Peers who should re rtt,, E Ilt th e i to be regulates by the com e 1 , w. „ m ; the successioi. t.- SA . NCERY COURT. - (THIS DAY.) ? lit 17 1 'lt DUNN COMPANY V. THE NOR'ilt MIDLAND RAILWAY • Till COMPANY. 111/I nt • cave came before the Court upon t votion for an in ner I °n to restrain the defendants, the Company Of Proprie , Sef • in the _North Midland Railway Company, from ,sumcmon g a Pau. r Try to assess the value of the land required by the om lop the purposes of their WAKMFIELD was opening themotion when our Reporter ICE -CHANCERY.---(THIS DAY.) SO UTHAMPTON V. THE LONDON AND BIRMINGH A Th„ r RAILWAY COMPANY. %y , b... gurnents in thi3 part-heard motion were resumed to -Ikt )t i ov n had not concluded when we left. The object of the 44 d, - ,!I to restrain the defendants from encroaching on the 01 the plaintiff. ii.OLLs' COURT.--(1 HIS DAY.) This being the First Seal, the Master of the Rolls took his seat in the Rolls' Court, Chancery-lane, at ten o'clock, but was obliged to rise immediately, in consequence of Mr. Pem berton being engaged in a cause in the Cock-pit. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) IMPORTANT TRIAL ON WRIT OF RIGHT. (FOURIII DAY.) DAVIS V. LOWNDES. The ATTORNET-GENERAL this morning replied on the part of the tenant. He vindicated the abolition of this form of trial ; which abolition he said would tend to quiet possession, and to secure the law of inheritance, for the stability of which he was most anxious : and he took occasion to declare that he should ever maintain the law of primogeniture, which, how ever unsuited it might be to thu circumstances of other coun tries, was, he believed, especially calculated for the institu tions, the habits, and the character of the people of this empire. The Learned Attorney-General went at great length into an examination of the evidence given in proof of the various links in the demandant's pedigree, and had not concluded when our Reporter left. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. FORGERY .—john Hurries, aged 46, was charged with having, on the 28th of June, forged an exceptance to a bitl of exchange for 100/. with intent defraud Messrs. Biddulphs. He was also charged with having uttered the same, knowing it to he forged. Mr. PHILLIPS appeared for the prosecution : Mr. CLARKSON defended the prisoner. Danid Harries James—l reside at Llwyndyfe, in the county of Carmarthen, and am a magistrate for that county, and also for the county of Pembroke. The prisoner is my brother-in-law. The acceptance on the bill produced is not my hand-writing, nor did I authorise the prisoner to use it. The bill I ascertained ' had found its way to Messrs. Biddulph's bank. 1 went to the Carmarthen prison to see the prisoner, I said to him, " you have forged my name, you must abide by the consequences, for I'll never pay one farthing of the money." He said nothing. I then left him. The signature resembles mine. This witness, on his cross-examination, amongst other ad missions, stated that accommodation paper had passed between them. William Hall—l am clerk to Messrs. 13iddulph. I saw the prisoner on the subject of the bill. I believe the acceptance to be in his hand-writing. The bill was due on the 17th Sept., 1837. We made a demand on the acceptor, and gave notice to the other parties. I told the prisoner that the prosecutor said this was a forgery. He said there was a conspiracy against him, or an at tempt to transport him, and that it was not a forgery. I don't know who brought the bill to the bank. I believe the prisoner did not. Cross-examined—The prisoner carried on a large business at Carmarthen, and was considered a very respectable man. After some further evidence, Mr. Baron ALnERSON inquired what evidence there was of either the prisoner's forging or uttering? It was not in evi dence that the prisoner uttered, but it appeared rather the other way. The hand-writing was not sworn to be that of the prisoner. It was sworn not to be that of James. A verdict of acquittal was then taken. Mr. PHILLIPS said there was a second charge for the 2001. bill, but he should offer no evidence. The Jury, therefore, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. NEW COURT. - _ DISCHARGE BY PROCLAMATION.—At the opening of the Court. this morning, the following prisoners, whose bills had been ignored by the Grand Jury, were brought up and discharged by proclama tion, viz.:—Joseph Smith, John Smith, Mary Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Emily Walters, W. Sadler, W. Thomas, Mary Hart, J. M. Mullins, Jane Evans, M. A. Williams, Emma Abrams, Mary Ann Giles, Jane Griffiths, George Swait, Stephen Young, Robert Bell, J. Curie, Richard Russell, W. Thompson, W. Batten, W. Belcher, David Jones, R. Jeffreys, Robert Raite, and Ann Bennet. A SINGULAR GlRL.—Mary Brown, aged 15, pleaded Guilty to a charge of petty larceny. The COMMON-SERGEANT said the prisoner was the most extra ordinary child he had ever met with. She was in prison a few months ago, when from her intelligence and manner she was sup posed to be the runaway child of some respectable parents, but she pertinaciously refused to give any account of her connexions. When brought into Court on that occasion, she prevaricated very much, alleging that. she did not like to expose her parents. On that occasion the Learned Judge told her, if she would inform him privately, she should be taken home in a coach, and her parents should not be informed of her disgrace. She *rave some information which led the Learned Judge and the Sheriffs about town, when they found that she had deceived them, and she was ordered to be confined for three months. She committed the new offence soon after her enlargement. She was now asked again as to the abode of her friends, and she gave her mother's name as Mrs. Owen, 11, Fitzroy-place, Hampstead road. This was one of the places she named before, and the house turned out to be one of questionable repute. The LEARNEDJUDGE said he would not pass sentence at present, as there was great mystery about the girl. He thought she must be transported. The following prisoners pleaded Guilty this morning to the in dictments preferred against them, and were sentenced to hard labour for terms varying from one to six months, viz. :—J. Bignell, E. Walker, G. Wright, J. Smith, W. Nettleton, J. King, Joseph Leary, Timothy Murphy, Mary Brown, Thomas Callum, Wm. Horvrood, and J. Sr Pith. The trials which subsequently came on were of no public interest. ROYAL EXCHANGE. The public will be delighted to learn, on the authority of Mr. R. L. Jones, that the Gresham trust intend to re build the Royal Exchange out of their own private funds. This is good news, if true, but we have great doubts on the subject. It was certainly generally believed from statements made in Parliament and in the Common Council,that the Gre sham funds had been so administered that the residue was to tally inadequate for the purpose, and that if the Exchange was not rebuilt by a public subscription, or a grant from Parlia ment, or a tax on coals, or by some other means than those destined by the founder, it could not be rebuilt at all. We shall rejoice, however, to find ourselves mistaken, for two reasons—the honour of the Company who had been wrong fully accused of dilapidating the property, and the good of the poor of the Metropolis, who were threatened with the continuation of a most unjust tax, for the benefit of the wealthiest merchants in the world. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1838. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. There are two remarkably clever criticisms in the pre sent Number of Maga—one on Kenyon's Poems," which we noticed a few days since in The Sun ; and the other on Mr. Tupper's " Geraldine," which professes to be a " con tinuation" of Coleridge's weird fragment of " Christabelle." The critic is singularly severe on this miscalled " continua tion," the arrant failure of which he exposes in the most agreeably savage manner possible—and no wonder, for assuredly Mr. Tupper is not the man qualified to wo r k out Coleridge's imaginative idea, the difference between " Christabelle" and " Geraldine" being exactly the differ ienee between the true and the false Florimel. " Affairs in the East" is a diatribe of a most lugubrous tendency. The writer is filled with all sorts of hysterical fancies. First he td wrong iinag sidei nes he of h t e h a e rs H th i e m ß al u ay ss a i s a ; n n d e r x u t m , th b a e t at N in i g eho to las ar is m a s b o o n ut tl t i o e borrow the Ogre's seven - leagued boots , and make a hop , step , an i d r a l rsbdeu r spatch a nu ghto Constantinople ssian hfleet to the: " British shores," for the purpose , of course, of setting fire to Sheerness ; battering down all the bathing - machines thirdly, u mp that f r he e m i s S about t Pe t e to at Gravesend ; taking forcible possession of Alderman Harmer's house and grounds at Erith, and perhaps giving the worthy Alderman himself the knout, or banishing him to Siberia ; and, worst of all, of pillaging London, and lay ing it in ashes! This last fancy frightens the writer all but into fits, and he exclaims in an agony, " indo mitable moment the enemy's fleet is seen approaching the British shores, valour will not give discipline to a man of war's crew. Patriotism will not, in the decisive hour, supply the want of preparation and organization." Now we entreat the as riter, as he values his health and digestion, to lay aside all these nervous imaginings. He need fear nothing, were even the Russian fleet within an hour's sail of Love . grove's whitebait hotel, at Blackwall ; for have we not the Court of Alderman, with the Lord Mayor, armed with the city mace, at their head, to defend us—to say nothing of the City Light Horse, and the Lumber Troop ? What stand could Russian troops make against warriors like these? Or what chance would a Russian line-of-battle ship have against the terrific cannonading of the City state-barge? We have treated " Afflirs in the East" in a spirit of ridicule, because, though we deny not the ability with which some parts of it are written, it is, as a whole, unworthy of serious refutation, being evidently put forth with no other view than to terrifythe more long-eared of the Tories. " Poems, by John Kenyon," is a favourable and acute criticism, but why does the Reviewer go out of his way to sneer at the caricatures of IL B. ? He calls them " timid drolleries." Now they are by no means " timid," but merely more refined and graceful in their character than any similar works of art we have yet had. Alluding incidentally to Junius, the Reviewer observes that " his letters avant imagery?' Surely this is not the case. So far as our recollection serves us, they have ima gery--of a rhetorical order at least—in abundance. " Le gendary Lore" is a tale told with grace, and in a truly poetic spirit. " Extracts without comment, from our Two Vases," contains severa! poems of a superior character. Among the best are " Mountain Memories," by Mr. Simmons ; and the " Tragedy of the Lac de Gauba," by Mr. Miln es . We cannot, however, praise the translation in Latin Sapphi cs , o f C am pb e ll' s " Holienlinden." It is neither a correct nor a s pi r it e d version of the ori g inal. torinstance, in rendering the line " who rush to glory or the grave," the translator uses the word " decus," which t ilverywell can hardly e x p ress " g l ory "—l east o f a ll, m ili tary g l ory ; an d ri\i tame n a r ot aifsn furor,tprosaic.the e c i combat in e ba The substitut es " media in p er i c l a ," f or th e " grave ," which, be sides ieebeensstline n i pass e whole,be in is vague, " forai g t s on, fortes t !" e which deepens, ye brave!" The " Murdering Banker," is a passable tale, and no more ; and " War in dis gu i se ," ano th er o f t h ose eccentric articles, which are meant to act as an alarm-bell to the Conservative party. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY•) DEAL, Nov. 30.—Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrived and pro ceeded for the River, the Alexander, M‘Lachlan, from China ; H ymen , Digby, from New York ; Queen, Robinson, from Mira michi ; Mary, Paul, from ditto; Fenwick Kealing, Allanby, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Ceylon, Cox, from Honduras ; Rainbow, Oakley, from Mauritius; Bernard, Wells, from Quebec; Vanguard, from China ; St. George, White, from Africa ; and several more, particulars unknow n . Arrived and remain, the Mary, from Quebec ; Three Sisters, from Mediterranean ' Jabez, f rom Black Sea ; Pekin, from Quebec ; and Marmion, Hopper, from ditto. The Deal Pilot (cutter) proceeded to Margate Roads last even ing to supply the homeward-bound, and the Dover cutter has been cruising the whole day off the South Sand Head for like pnrpose. PonzsmouTH, Nov. 30.—Wind S.W. to W. N. W., fresh breezes.—lt blew a heavy gale of wind all night from S.W., but moderated this morning. Arrived her Majesty's ship Athol, from Quebec. Off port the Guess, Perry, from Rio Janeiro ; Eliza, M‘Logan, from Riga. Sailed the British Union, Storm, for Lon don ; La Brun Mere, for do. ; Isabella, Gray, for Whitby ; Phcenix, Howth, for Christiana ; Najaden, Spoof, fer Stockholm ; Aurilier, Nicholson, for Lynn; Sareria, for London; Stag, Pri deaux, for do. ; Louisa, Spalding, do. ; Navigator, Kettlebater, for Stettin ; Lively, for London. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 29.--Wind S.W. to W.S.W. 30th. — W. S.W.—Arrived her Majesty's ship Buffalo, from New Zealand ; Carribean, Irving, from Bahia ; Reefer, Rowe, from Quebec ; Minerva, front Para. FALMOUTH, Nov. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived, the John, Wright, from Quebec, for London, with loss of boats, bulwarks, sails,&c. ; Lady Rooley; Wright, from Labrador ; George the Fourth, Leggatt, for Liverpool, leaky, with pumps choaked, and three feet water in her hold; Harriet, Hooper, from Amsterdam, for Boston, with loss of sails ; Jordeson, Jordeson, from London to the Mediterranean ; Eliza, Leeke, from Monte Video, which drove and struck the ground near Trefeesio Point, but was hove off after shipping an anchor and chain ; Ruby, Cook, from the Cape to Heytien ; also Scio, Leasdale, from Hamburgh to Liverpool, all put into this port yesterday much damaged, and must discharge their cargoes. FALsroimr, Nov. 29.—Wind S.W. to W., furious gales.— During the last twenty-four hours it has blown a furious gale with violent squalls from S.W., accompanied with thunder, lightning, and heavy hail-storms. MARGATE, Nov. 30.—Arrived off port, the Peacock, from India ; Pomona, Penny, from Rio de Janerio ; Paget, Brophy, from St. Vincent's ; Jane, Catherin, from Quebec ; Salome, War well, from Messina : Chester, Johnston, from London, for Quebec and Chester, with loss of anchor and chain ; Clara, Gearing, from Guernsey, with loss of foresheets ; off port, the Delight, Anderson, from Charante, with sails split, &c. RAMSGATE, Nov. 30.--Arrived the Urania, Roderson, for Cor sica ; Iris, Poulett, from Riga for Dieppe, with loss of anc hor and chain ; Mercur, Dueet, from Newport to Rouen, very leaky. Cowas, Nov. 30.—Arrived the Johan, Chistoff, from Bahia; Peggy, Godfrey, from Labrador; Porcia, Hanford, for Quebec. WEYMOUTH, Nov. 30.—A brigantine, of Poole, arrived, sup posed from thence, laden with barley, is totally wrecked—crew drowned. Several other vessels are supposed to have foundered or were driven on shore, near the West Bay, during the gale, of which particulars can be obtained. One was seen to go down off Pord.?nd Abbey Light. DonmK; Nov. 29.—The Lady Emma, of Arundel, has been as sisted into Rust Harbour. The Town of Wexford, in putting back yesterday, observed a smack and a schooner on shore at Six-mile Point. Limaniex, No v . 28. — The wind came round on the night of the 26th instant from N. to N.W., blowing a tremendous gale, and continued to 9 a.m. yesterday. Hum., Nov. 30.—1 t blew a strong gale yesterday from S.W., and continues. NEwriAvEN, Nov. 30.—A French vessel. Marie, was totally wrecked to the westward of this port yesterday morning. Crew drowned. A boat has just been picked up, with " Martin de Sara cen" on it, supposed to belong to her. shiftedowing gyesate very d e a r y y , haebaovuyt gale, a 2 l e m s frome verC NavVeKs.'sel\aln'sodv'S.ir arriving. 2. NBVT ./ . 1.. ht eo b bale ' i t 'cotton has just been picked up in the harbour, marked at one end L. L. CAR-TER-CARR, for A. C 30, at the other end P. W. Muroan, Nov. Providence, Roberts, from New haven, parted both cables, got foul of a vessel, carried away mast head, and top-mast, and drove on shore, but has apparently re ceived little damage. The gill:: con tinued with unabated v iolence throughout the night. A schooner, name unknown, parted, drosel ve close to the rocks, And was abandoned by th e rrm. Not a ves in the harbour escaped driving. HARWICH, Nov. 30.—The Admiral Plenville, Fanwell, from Ostend to Martinique, has been assisted into this harbour very leaky, with loss of three anchors and chains, having been on shore on Barron Sand. The Nourmahal, Manwell, from London to Plymouth, lost main and mizen mast, with seven feet water in the hold. MONEY AND CITY NEWS. CITY (THIS DAYj, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CIC. Our arrivals this morning are French and Ostend mails, and ship letters from China, St. Helena, Honduras, and St. Vincent's, and of Mauritius, 9th August. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, Nov. 30.—The transactions this week are nearly as great in extent as those of the last, yet the advance obtained is little more than per lb., and that exclusively on the common qualities •f Surat and ordinary to fair qualities of American. Had the operations been confinedmerely to those of the trade, they would have appeared very moderate, and probably no advance would have been quoted ; but the weighty purchases made on speculation, without any new cause of action, can alone be con sidered the cause of any improvement. 2,800 bales of American, 1,500 Surats, and 500 Pernams, have been taken on the latter account. Nothing for export. The sales to-day are about 8,000 bales of all kinds. We have received Sydney Papers to the 25th July. (From the above Papers. ) THE REVENUE.—The abstract of the produce of the revenue for the quarter ending June 30, is a very discouraging document, there being a decrease as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year of nearly fourteen thousand pounds. The first and most important item is 40,3011. ss. Id., being a decrease of 4,6341. 6s.Bd. The licenses to retail spirits amount to 4,4781. 10s., being an in crease of 1,6001. This is easily accounted for, as the licenses that are not expired within the day of the date of the Magistrate's certificate are not valid. The auctioneers' duty is nearly the same, 1,500/. The Post-office receipts are 1,4141., being an increase of 3001. The Crown lands only amount to 12,689/.175.7d., a decrease of 16,8091. Is. Two items which were not in the last year's abstract amount to 3,363/. The total decrease of the quarter is 22,5161. 6s. Sid. ' from which deduct the total in crease of 8,6651. ss. 10d., and we have a net decrease in the quarter of 13,851/. Os. lop. BusitRANGE .- RS.—The bushrangers (Fisher and his party) have, we understand, gone from Benlomond and the Avoca district, and crossed that of Campbelltown, to the westward. Van Diemen's Land Market.—Wheat per bushel ss. 6(1. to 6s. Barley, English, 4s. to 55., Cape 3s. to 45., Rye 75., Flour, one, per cwt. ' 15s. to 165., Seconds 125., Beef per lb. 7d. to Bd., Mut ton 5(1., Butter 2s. 3d., Hay per ton, Si. to 5/. 10s., Potatoes per ton 4/. to 5/. South Australia.—The Report of the Colonization Commis. sioners for last year, is stated to be meagre and unsatisfactory. We have read it, and think it a puff. Mr. Fisher, in his zeal for the credit of the Commissioners, has not provided funds to pay the salaries due on the ht inst. On in quiry at the Treasury the answer was—" No funds and no orders." The intelligence from the Bay Fisheries continue to be of a fa vourable character. It appears by accounts received from Plymouth, that the Earl of Durham had not landed on'the 30th inst. The letters and papers by the " England," from New York, have not as yet been received, which causes very great inconveni ence to tke merchants. THE FUNDS. The most important arrival this morning is the intelligence from Madrid, stating that the Ministry sent in their resignation to the Queen, which was accepted by her Majesty. We are sorry to state that Lloyd's books exhibit this morning a great number of losses, which took place during the late stormy weather. Consols closed yesterday at 94 for the Account, but opened heavy this morning and receded to 934 L, Money 93/ A, owing to two reports in circulation, first, that press-gangs were out, and second to the Queen being indisposed. Exchequer Bills, 64 66 ; India Bonds, 61 62 ; Bank Stock, 202 203 ; India Stock, 261 262. Spanish Active, 164 ii ; Portuguese, 30/ ; Three per Cents., 1914 20; Brazillian, receded to 751 76i ; Dutch Two-and- a- Half per Cents., 53 54; Five per Cents., 100/ =, l l. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 202% 3 , India Stock '62% .1 per Cent. Red. '42 3 „i 3 2%, 1 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 9•3'.4y, South Sea Stock :3w, per Cent --101 d 9l Ditto Red. 1004'4 , New Ditto New :3% per Cent 101%% 1 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire ! Ditto 500 Jan. 5, 1860 145, 15-16' Ditto Small 64 66 pm Oct. 10, 1859 — Ditto Commercial Jan. 5, 1860 —l Ditto Advertised ......... pm. Jan. 5, 188 0 —, IBank Stock for Account .....• ,7 April 5, 1880 — lndia Stock for Account Jan. 5, 1870 — : Consols for Account 933'4 % PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds i) tto Account Columbian Bonds 23% Ditto Account — Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account. 1 6 34% Greek Bonds French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — 4 per cent. Ditto Account — 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent.... Exchange. —l. —c. Ditto Account Dutch, 2% per cent. 5314% ' , 4 Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account 53% Ditto Account Neapolitan Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share. Rhy,nney Iron Mining Company 35 32 Great Western Railway Company 65 78 7% Brighton Railway Liedon and Croydon Railway Company 2O 16 Manchester and Leeds Railway Company N rtil Midland Railway Company ts 55 South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 9 34, Bitumen, Bastenne and Gaujac British North American Bank I inclon and Westminster Bank 2O '.3 . 1 , London Joint Stock Bank lO 14 1 4 COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. Amsterdam C.F. 12 5 iiibraitar 4B Oitto, at sight Ritterdam '" U. 12 5 Genoa 25 50 Antwerp... Hamburg........ M.8.,13 11% Venice '6 Attona.. . Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Palermo per oz. 117% bitt0........ ............. 3 Ms. 25 85 Lisbon 531,4 Marseilles. Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. p . .. 2% Bahia 27 l'etersbuigh, ruble 3 Us. Ibs, Buenos Ayres _ Berlin Vienna, effective fl '2 M. It) 11 Philadelphia 46 Tricste......ditto lO 12 PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ• Madrid 36% Portugal Gold, coin '0 0 0 Cadiz 'l7 Foreign Gold, in bars 317 Hi /,', Bilboa .. 16 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona ri6 New Dollars .... ..... .. Seville ..... ........... ...... .. ...... 56 , Silver, bars, standard -0 o o PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, NOV. 29. 3 per Cent. Consols 924i i Grand Canal Debs. 6 per cent. A per Cent. Stock 1001,6; Ditto, 4 per cent.. .... ... Ditto Reduced lOO Hib ern i an Bank. ....................... --- Ditto New, 1830 3 ~', per Cent. Debentures .. -- Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock — Ballast Office Debentures, per Grand Canal Stock ....... cent ---. BELGIAN I. UNDS—Baussar..s, Nov. 29. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOl% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3 per Cent. 65 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 97 Society of Commerce, 45gper Cent 144 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 143 V National Society . Brussels Papers, Nov. 28. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. '0 Five per Cents. Metalliques Foisr per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1568 —AligemeineZeitung, Nov. 25 HALF-PAST ONE . We have no further arrivals since the early part of the morning. The reports which were afloat at the Stock Exchange, are desti tute of truth. The Government Broker purchased 12,0001. Consols at 935 i • and the heaviness of the British and Foreign Funds may be attri buted only to the scarcity of money which prevails at present. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday had a downward tendency. Consols may be quoted at 93 3 / 4 for the Account, and 931 for Money. Exchequer Bills 64 66 ; India Bonds 62 ; Bank Stock 2021 203 ; India Stock 2621. A very influential broker sold 100,0001. Consols, and the market, generally speaking, shows a greater tendency of depression than it has done during the week. The Anti-dry Rot affairs are not likely to turn out so well as was an ticipated. The extent of the mischief cannot be ascertained until the meeting takes place on the 7th inst. The Scrip Shares are to tally unsaleable ; transferable shares are from 9/. to 10/. per share. and many of the influential men at the Stock Exchange are the principal holders. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active is very heavy, and re ceded to 161; Portuguese also, and fallen to 291 ; in Three per Cents. nothing done. Belgian, 101 i; Brazilian heavy, receded to 76; Colombian, 251; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. also lower, 53g. There is little business doing in Shares—most of them lower. Great Western, 12 prem. ; Brighton, 31 discount ; Manchester and Leeds, 201- prem. THREE O'CLOCK Consols for tie Account, 934. On Wednesday evening last, as a train of waggons (empty) was on its return from Clifton to Manchester, one of them, from causes still unknown, was upset. From one of them a man was thrown out upon the road, and as most of the waggons passed over him, he was killed on the spot. REPRESENTATION OF DEAL.—It is now defini tively settled that Sir James Carnac is to have the Governor ship of Bombay ; in consequence of whic h a vacancy will oc cur in the representation of Sandwich and Deal. Report says that Sir Rufane Donkin intends to offer him self in the W g interest, and that he will be supported by the friends o f Sir Thomas Troubridge. It is supposed there will be a cL .e itest lLT at all events there are positive indications of one. Th berals have had several meetings at the R o y al Oak, which have been numerously attended. Wednesday evening.. R. Donkin, under the auspices of Sir T. Troubridge, rs ex pected at Deal to-morrow evening, to meet the Loyal and Patriotic Association, and to state his political principles. The Tories have n o t ye mustet publicly ave a good share of courage named their cha m p ion ; but be he who he' may, h to engage in the contest—which there is good reason to be lieve will be triumph ant to t h e Lib era l can didate. —Kentl ierald. The ship Amelia Thomson arrived at Sidney on the Ist of July last with emigrants, forty of whom died on the passage out, and upwards of one hundred were in a state of ever on their arrival. The Amelia went into quarantine. The Dublin Evening Mail, for consistency's sake we suppose, insists on the statement it put forth a day or two ago, averring that the Lord Lieutenant would shortly be remored. We see it still holds to Lord Normanby's " final departure" from Ireland. What is the necessary consequence of all this nonsensical assertion—of which, by the way, the Tory wi s h i s t h e parent ? Why, that his Ex cellency's great merits are brought before the public) mind only the better and more prominently by the unconcealed desire of the Irish Conservatives to be relieved from that wholesome restrictive influence occasioned by his Lordship's dread presence—while th e v i rulent a b use l eve lled at Lord Norrilanhy by the Tori es and the Press in their pays ?.efi e c t.; nothing but honour on i ts di stingu i she d object. • The Duke and D uc h ess o f B eau f ort and a distin guished party dined with Mr. Greville on Wednesday evening in Hanover-square. FRASER'S MAGAZINE. There is an article in this Number which bids fair to do good service, and dispel many absurd predilections--w e mean, the " Specimens of the Drama in France," which is an article containing some severe and richly merited strictures on the revolting horrors, blasphemies, and ob scenities which characterise not a few of the plays of the modern French dramatists. The Reviewer gives an ac count of the plots of two or three of the worst of these plays, in which we are at a loss which most to wonder at, the repulsive spirit, or the rank absurdity that pervades them. We hope this article will be continued, for the mon strosities of the Dumas's, and the Hugo's, and others of the French playwrights, cannot be too often or too severely animadverted upon. " Specimens of Persian Poetry," give brief memoirs of three of the most famous oriental poets, accompanied by translations of their happiest pas sages. " A Vision of Familiar Faces," is a quaint piece of versification, wherein the writer describes the peculiarities of some of the favourite books of his childhood. " Tim Painter's Bargain," is a tale of so-so merit. In the article entitled " A Visit to the Harem of the Pasha of Widdin." We meet with some lively descriptive touches. The re mainder of the articles call for no particular comment. TAIT'S MAGAZINE. There are some pleasant little poems, by a variety of hands, in this month's Number of Tait, which act as an agreeable setoff to the sterner features of this sturdy, un compromising periodical. The Corn-law Rhymer—honest Ebenezer Elliott, the Sheffield blacksmith—who writes with as much manly energy as he wields his hammer, con tributes a poem on the " Opening of the Rotherham Rail way," from which we select these stirring stanzas : ,‘ Eternal river I roaring still, As roared thy foamy wave, When first each wild rose-skirted rill Heard moorland echoes rave-- Thou sees!, amid thy meadows green, The goodliest sight that earth has seen Since man made fire his slave. For, 10. the Train 1 On—onward still Loud shrieks the kindled wave, And back fly hamlet, tree, and hill, White steam and banners brave ; And thoughts on vapoury wings are hurled, To shake old thrones, to change a world, And dig Abaddon's grave. Eternal River ! roaring now, As erst in earliest years, Ere grief began with youthful brow To live an age of tears ; Thou hear'st, beneath thy forests high, A voice of power that will not die, While man hath hopes and fears. He, conquering fire and time and space, Bids East and West join hands ; Brings over ocean, face to face, Earth's ocean-severed strands ; And on his iron road will bear Words that shall wither in despair The tyrants of all lands. The line , in the above p assa g e, whi ch we have marked in italics, is very tersely and emphatically expresse d. F e atures of Country Society in the V ic i n i ty o f L on d on " is by Wi lliam Howitt, and is an ingenious, if not wholly successful, a ttempt to explain the caus e o f th e excee di ng rudeness and ignorance that the writer has ob serve d to preva il amo ng the labouring classesin the counties bordering on the metropolis In a curious essay which he calls " A brief appraisal of the Greek Literature i n i t s f oremost preten tions," and which he has been ind uce d t o wr i te , h e a dd s, " b y w ay of counsel to adults who are hesitating as to the propriety of studying the Greek language with a view to the literature ; and by way of consolation to those whom circumstances have obli ge d t o l a y as id e t h at p l an, " M r. D c Quincey, after abusing the Grecian writers wholesale, fastens on poor H omer , i n part i cu l ar, an d scouts hi s poet i c pretentions in such terms as--were old Bentlevnow living— would have drawn down on him that stern critic's heaviest indignation. " Th e H omer i c cata l ogue o f sh i ps, " says Mr. D e Quincey, " is exactly on a level with the muster-roll of a regiment, the register of a tax-gatherer ; the catalog ue o f an auct i oneer ." I t i s so ; an d we will go even further than this ; and say that it is not half so amusing as many of George Robin's auction advertisements ; but what then ? Is Homer to be given up as a poet,because he shows himself, in his second book of the " Iliad," to be but an indifferent index-maker? If so, then m ust J o b a l so b e g i ven u p, for what is the work which goes by his name, but one long catalogue of griev ances fro m th e fi rst c h apter t o the last ? To make out his ease, Mr. De Quincey should have proved that Homer did nothing but manufacture catalogues ; that he did not describe the parting between Hector and Andromache ; that he did not paint that incomparable m oonl i ght scene , which Pope ha s so elegantly falsified in his translation ; that lie did not show us the indignant Neptune on his march, shaking earth with the thunder of his tread ; that he did not s k etch that sweet pas t ora l picture of the cave in the " Odyssey ;" th a t he did not create Helen and Pe. nelop e , t h e c hi valrous Di ome d, the impetuous, Hotspur, like. Hector ; the stern, implacable (save in one solitary instance) Achilles, the wary, far-sighted Ulysses; the thick skulled Aj ax, and above a ll , t h e Cied Apollo in wrath, sittin g " lik e n i ght " (vux. - ri Eot v. :4 -•) on the summit of Olyni Pus—that is to say, darkening the face of the earth by his mere scowll BefOre Mr. De Quincey hazarded his bold ahsertion that Homer was no poet, he should have con vinced us that he only wro t e two-thirds of the second book of th e Ili a d , an d that he wa s the author of none of the fine concept i ons to w hi c h we have just hastily alludzl. As, , for Pi n d ar, t h pugh h e wa s not exactly the ass that our clitiP would have us suppose he was, yet we are willing to believ e th a t h e h as b een o verrated ; !:ect cordially subscribe to the s t a t ement , that he is the most difficult to under stand, o f a ll th e Grr, e ' ic poets, and will not repay the labour of attetr,pting to f a th o m his meaning. Alluding to the (11 , 1 e4 clrama i Aj r , De Quincey indirectly acquaints us, that it is just equal, as a whole, to our own. Now it happens to be no such thing ; but, on the contrary, far superior as a whole. True, Greece can show no dramatist equal—or even approaching—to Shakspeare ; but on the other hand, England can show none that come within many degrees of )Eschylus, Sophocles, or even Euripides. As for the brawny, extravagant, semi-barbarians of the Elizabethan age (we do not include in this censure Ben Jonson, or Beaumont and Fletcher), they are not to be named on the same day with this illustrious trio, though we concede that they disp'ay infinite vigour,fancy, and are occa sionally—but just as if. by accident—true to the modesty of nature in their portraiture of the passions. Mr. De Quincey announces that it is his intention to continue his strictures on the Greek writers. None are more competent to deal with the subject than himself—for be is one of the first scholars of the day—and none more able to render it ge nerally interesting, provided only he will lay aside prejudice, and give it fair play. The " Annuals," is an impartial notice of these showy little works ; and the " Literary Register" is written with that skill and succinctness for which the re views in Tait have ever been celebrated. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. We need say nothing of " Oliver Twist," which we suppose will be brought to a close in another number or two, because we have already noticed it in its collected form, in three volumes. " Walter Childe" is a continua tion of a lively poem, in the Beppo metre, and is remark able for the frequent ingenuity of its rhymes. " Parisian Cafes" is an interesting article, sufficiently explained by its heading, from which we learn that a nian named Eugene is the best billiard-player in Europe ; and also, that the age of chivalry is for ever past in France, inas much as the poor women are compelled to do all the household, and other drudgery there—that is to say, to clean boots, harness coach-horses, carry, loads, keep hotels, stand behind counters, let out newspapers, sell tobacco, and officiate as box-keepers at the theatres! From all tins we deduce the highly ingenious and original inference that women are infinitely better off in England than in France. " Gonello" is a melancholy tale of a jester, simply and pathetically told in verse. " Anecdotes of tar;_ . Service," furnish us with a touching incident on the subject of a veteran soldier's death-bed. The " Double bedded Room" is a story whose close has the rare merit of coming like a surprise on the reader. The commencement, which is lively and graphic, hardly prepares us for the tragic conclusion. " Uncle Sam's Peculiarities" give some amusing details of boarding-house chit-chat in New York. Yankee pretension is most felicitously shown up in this smart series of dialogues. " The Stage Coachman Abroad" is an article written something after the manner of Boz. Jehu relates in the first person, and in his own peculiar dialect, the odd adventures that befell him in the course of a tour to the Netherlands. " The Claqueur 'System" is a sprightly, anecdotal article from the pen of Mr. Hogarth. " Peter Punctilio" exhibits some smart, and even witty dialogue. The author is Mr. Mayhew. We subjoin a poem, entitled the " Supper of Bacchus," which is a sprightly allegorical conceit, and might have been penned by old Etheredge, Suckling, or any other of the wits of Charles the Second's days : • THE SUPPER OF B . ACCHUS. Venus and Bacchus of a night Sat tete-a-tete to sup together, The fire beside them blazing bright—. 'Twas in December's chilly weather. Love chanced just then to pass with Mirth, Two friends as true as Tom and Jerry, Whose motto from their very birth Was, " Hang old Care, and let's be merry." And when they saw the light above— I give their very words, like Flaccus, " Ho ! Mirth, my gay old boy !" cried Love, " Let's stop and have a glass with Bacchus." " By Jove !" said Mirth, " I 'm rather dry, And this vile rain is deuced unpleasant; His wine's superb—and you and I Could relish it, I guess, at present." They call'd, and Bacchus ope'd the door, And when they enter'd, lock'd it after: Mirth set them soon in such a roar, That Venus nearly died from laughter. They sang and joked the goblet o'er, And ne'er more fun the veil of night hid; For never yet assembled four Whom song and frolic more delighted. Old Care, towards morning, loudly knock'd— He heard their sport, and thought to mar it; But Bacchus, who was then half cock'd, Upset him in a butt of claret. O'erwhelm'd beneath the crimson tide, In vain he sought for help around him— " Come drink, old fellow !" Bacchus cried, And in the rosy nectar drown'd him. And since that hour the sons of Care, Remembering their sire's immersion, A lasting grudge to Bacchus bear, And hold his wine in like aversion. THE ASIATIC JOURNAL. Allen and Co. In consequence of the strong and general objections made to the tone of an article which appeared in the last Number of the Asiatic Journal, entitled " Russia, India, and Eng land," and which was well calculated to impress ill-informe people with a conviction that we have nothing to fear from the designs of the Autocrat, in the East, we are favoured this month, with another article on the same subject, which may be described as an attempt to unsay all that was previ ously said, under the veil of explanations and qualifications of certain misunderstood passages. Such articles are sel dom satisfactory to any party, and in nine cases out of ten, only make bad worse. We are disposed, however, to class the one before us among the few excepted instances. The " Seat of War in Cahool" is a well-digested, instructive article. The " Penal Code of British India " is concluded in this number, and from the pains bestowed upon its annotation, we would recommend its re-publication in a separate form. But to the general reader, the most entertaining paper in this Number is the very animated biographical sketch of the Sheikh Dulloo—the Robin Hood of India. Moralists may talk as they please of the effects of education, but somehow or other, we never fail to find that scamps and scape-graces always obtain more than a due proportion of the sympathy of the " reading public." The monthly notices are very numerous, well-selected, and generally interesting. PARBURY'S ORIENTAL HERALD. _ . In the present Number of this periodical we find a ve r y sensible, well-timed a r ticle, entitled " R ussia , in reference to the East." " It is undoubted," well observes the writer of th e ar ti c l e to w hi c h we are a ll u di ng , " t h at the intrigues of Ru ss i a are at t h e b ottom o f a ll t h e f eu d s and dissensions of the native Powers throughout the East. Commencing with T ur k ey ; i t i s known, it was her emissaries who kindled the flames of revolt in Greece and in the Egyptian provinces ; that it was her emissaries who sounded the tocsin of civil war in Persia ; her emissaries, who scattered among the devious tracts of the regions of the Caspian, are employed in the ceaseless vocation of sowing discord among its chaotic, turbulent, and inflammable masses ; and that in our own empire of Hindostan there is no native Court free from her hirelings and her spies, whose province it is to excite suspicion against England, to detract from the standard of her merits, to sap the foundation of her moral influence, and to pioneer the way for Russian ascendancy." In another place he says—" Boundless in its desires, the policy of Russia is transparent or opaque, direct or oblique, bold, cautious, subtle, as circumstances require it. In the face of day she blots from the tchronicles of ages Poland : bends beneath her yoke Turkey : occultly propels the march of the elements of war in Persia : fearful of her very life in the attempt creeps—nay, let us say, crawls amidst the pasturages of the wild Toorkman, or, returning westward, scales with her legions the cloud_capt Caucasus, now unknown, invisibly to all the wori,d, now under the false and astounding pretext of the privileges of treaty. Everywhere, and on all sides, 'rises her curling snake -crest. She is in China, she is in Japan, along our whole north western frontier of Hindostan, she confronts us, now at Lahore, Cabul, Cashmere, at last under the walls of Herat." This is all but too true ; yet the remedy is not difficult. Let England but rouse herself, and the influence of Russia in the East and West will so quickly disappear as soon to become a were reminiscence. Fire but one broadside in the Black Sea, and the diplomatic giant will be reduced to the dimensions of a dwarf. We know too well of what metal the strength of England is made, ever to despair of the triumph of our country in an open contest with the barbarian power of Russia. " Steam communication with India," and the notice of " Mr. Shore's notes on the former Misrule of India," are articles worthy of public attention. The other papers, though interesting to those immediately connected with Indian affairs, contain nothing to attract the observation of a general r(lader. THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. Colburn. 'Chore is an excellent Article in this Number on the decline of the Turkish Empire, to which we regret our very confined limits will not allow us to do justice. The one, however, which sill attract most attention is entitled the " Progress of Duelling ;" and wo are greatly mistaken if its effect upon the minds of officers of the two services be not very salutary. The other papers are so exclusively pro fessional as not to fall within the ordinary range of news paper criticism. MONTIILY MAGAZINE. Smith, Elder, and Co. Y This mi sce ll any, as is dul announced in a notic e t o cor respondents, i s h enceforth to be under the sole guidance of Mr. Heraud, author of " Judgment of the Flood." We wish thi s gentleman success in his undertaking. He is a first-rate blank verse writer—though too close an imitator of Milton —and no indifferent poet ; he will therefore, we feel convinced, raise the character of the " Monthly," whose present number is by no means an excellent one, containing only one really clever article, entitled " The Rutagh's Pro phecy," which is an Irish tale told with feeling and spirit. As for " Alfred de Rosana," though it is in parts of no ordinary merit, it is far too much spun out. THE LONDON MONTHLY MISCELLANY Thomas Miller, author of " A Day in the Woods," &c• has contributed some beautiful verses to the present Num ber of this very amusing periodical. The author of the " Provost of Bruges" has also enriched its pages with a le gend in verse. " Mr. Sykes and his Sweetheart" is a capital story well told—which is more than can be said of the man ner of telling some of our best stories. The " Firstborn," by J. F. Triebncr, contains some lines which are exquisitely beautiful. THE MONTHLY LAW MAGAZINE. The only article in this NUmber at all interesting to any but members of the Bar, and those who are ready to fight knee-deep in mire in defence of Toryism, is ~on the difference between th e l aw o f di vorce in Eng land and other countries. It' enumerates diffisul ties, but does not shoW in what way they ere to be effectually re me di e d. Th e " N ort h American Boundary Question" is merely made the handle for an attack upon the Ministry. It is a pity that publica tions intended to be professional, should be perverted to serve the narrow interests of faction. THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. The appropriate embellishment of this periodical, for the present month, is a short-horn bull, the property of Earl Spencer, hardly less docile and good-humoured in appear ance than his noble owner, which is certainly saying a great deal for him. The articles, we understand, are all written by experimentalists in the noble science of agriculture, so that farmers generally will not fail to profit by their perusal. This is a cheap and at the same time a very well-conducted periodical. THE ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINE. Longman and Co. We recommend to the especial notice of artists and ama teurs two articles in the present number on the " Poetry" and the " Philosophy" of Architecture. To such. persons we leave to pronounce what judgment they please respecting them ; well aware that upon such subjects there is likely to arise an abundance of learned discussion, for the publication of which we have neither room nor inclination. The pre sent Number is double, and includes eleven articles, all stated to be " original." THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE. Wyld. Prefixed to this Number is a very beautiful coloured map of the London and Dover Railway, showing its junction with the Brighton line, and the relative density of the popula tion along the entire district through which it passes. It is accompanied by a❑ article from the pen of the editor, who, notwithstanding the attacks which have been made upon him, is unquestionably well conversant with all the subjects upon which he undertakes to express an opinion . We do not, however, agree with him upon all points, avid we may be allowed to'cite the article entitled" Govern ment and the Railways" in the present Number as an ex ample. We are prepared to maintain that railways destroy the corrective of competition, and that nothing but the vi gilance of Parliament can protect the public from the evils created by the worst monopoly that, without the constant supervision of the Legislature, ever as established in a great commercial country. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY. COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. Vegetables, particularly Turnips, were again in good supply, and the Market presented a very busy appearance in that department. Prices of most descriptions remain as quoted last week. Plants, 2s. 6d. to 4s. per dozen ; Onions, 3s. to 4s. per sieve ; Carrots, ss. to 7s. per dozen ; Turnips, is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per dozen ; Oranges, ss. to 12s. per 100; Lemons, 4s. to 9s. per 100 ; Apples, 4s. to is. per bushel ; Savoy Cabbages, 9d. to Is. 6d. per dozen ; Pears, per half-sieve 3s. to 6s. ; Spinach, Is. 6d. per sieve; Ce lery, per bundle Is. to 2s. ; Red Potatoes, 2s. 6d. to 3s. per bushel ; White ditto, 2s. to 2s. 6d. NEW HINGERFORD. Supplies to a fair extent of most descriptions, and the fine morn ing caused the market to wear a brisker appearance. Butchers' Meat of all kinds is much as last quoted. Fish-Turbot, 7s. to 145., 215., and 255. ; Soles, Is. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, is. to 4s. each ; Cod, 2s. 6d. to 10s. and 125., and higher for large : in fact, fish of all kinds was dearer to-day. Vegetables diminish in supply as the winter advances, and prices rise. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. All kinds of Meat in good supply, but trade dull ; prices firm. Beef, 2s. &I. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton, 2s. Bd. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal, 3s Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; Pork, 3s. 841. to 4s. Bd. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. 6d. Poultry and Game in good supply, but trade heavy and prices rater . lower. For " each" the following were the quotations :- Geese, 3s. 6d. to 6s. Cxl. ; Fowls, 2s. 6d. to 4s. ; Ducks, Is. 6d. to 2s. ; Chickens, Is. to Is. 6d. ; Pheasants, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Partridges, Is. 6d. to 2s. ; Hares, 2s. 6d. to 3s. ; Turkeys, 4c. to 10s. ; Snipes, 6d. to Is. • Black Game, 3s. ; T ea l, 4d. to 9d. ; Pigeons, 4d. to 7d. • Woodcocks, 2.5. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Gold Pl over , d. to Is.; Green ditto, 4d. Eggs scarce and higher, 7s. to .61. per 120. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies scarce and prices high ; Turbot, ss. and 7s. to 255. and 30s. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. each ; Cod, 2s. to 10s. and 15s. each ; Whiting, 4d. to 6d. each ; Haddock, sd. to 10d. each. TALLOW MARKET. P. Y. C. flat, at 58s. 3d. on the spot, and 58s. 6d. to arrive. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COLONIAL MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. There has been a fair business done for the season or the year, as our daily reports have shown, and prices have varied but very little. Raw Sugar has risen 6d. per cwt .. Refined go o d s una l tere d in value. C o ff ee , T ea, Cotton, Rice, Spices, and Cocoa—all con tinue at last week's prices. Rum has been firmer in price, and higher prices have been asked for Indigo, but rarely obtained. The imports, on the whole, li g h t ; exports li g ht ; an d h ome deliveries good. But little business advertised for next week. MANCHESTER, Nov. 30. THE COTTON TRADE.-The demand fur hand and power_ loom printing cloth continues unabated ; and on all such prices have further advanced fully 2i- per cent. since this day se'n night. Domestics are more in request, but not higher. Yarns and Weft, for home consumption, are in great request, and are decidedly dearer, 365., those which might have been bought three weeks ago at 1l d. command to-day Is. per lb. Bundle Yarns, for export, are rather dearer, though little is doing. This may be attributed to the advance in Cotton. COURT CIRCULAR.' WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—Her Majesty and suite, in two Royal carriages and four, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, returned to the Castle from town at a quar ter past six o'clock last evening. The Marquis of Tavistock and the Marquis Conyngham took their departure this morning. The Earl of Ilchester and Lady T, iiigby left the Castle yesterday. Lord Eastnor joined the Rep,l dinner party on Wednes day evening, and left the Castle yesterday with his daugh ter, the Hon. Miss Cocks, The Dowager Countess and Lady Fanny Cowper, the Hon. W. Cowper, and Viscount and Viscountess Howick, will arrive to-morrow, on a visit to her Majesty. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the Du chess of GlrAcester on Thursday. Their Royal High nesses let, town on Thursday evening for their residence at Kew., accompanied by the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, :Ad attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt, Baroness Knesebeck, wad Captain Stephens. The Duke of Cambridge returned to Cambridge House yesterday, attended by Colonel Jones. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the residence of Viscount Melbourne in Downing -street. The Minist.rs present were--The Lord Chancellor, the Mar qnis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Lord Glenelg, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, and Viscount Howick. Viscount Palmers ton was prevented from attending the Cwancil by the death of his sister, the Hon. Mrs. Bowks. Mrs. Bowles ex pired on Thursday night, at her 1 - esidence in Hill -street.. The Ministers met soon after three o'clock, and sat tilt near six. Sir W. B. Ffolkes had an interview with Lord Gienelg yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Spanish Minister and Colonel Moberly, Secretary of the Post-office, had interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday in Downing -street. The Commander of the Forces, Viscount Melbourne, and the Secretary at War had an interview with Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. The Lords present were—Lord Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy. Sir E. East at tended the sitting as a Privy Councillor. Messrs. Miller and Wigram, Queen's Counsel, were heard for the appel lants in an appeal from Madras, " Sooriah Row v. Rajah Emoguntry Sooriah." Mr. Sergeant Spankie and Mr. Lloyd were heard for the respondents. The Right Hon. Thomas Erskine gave judgment on the part of their Lord ships, and affirmed the decree of the Court below, but without costs. Despatches, dated October 26, were received yesterday at the Colonial Department from Halifax. Lord Glenelg transacted business yesterday at the Colo nial Department. Despatches, dated July 24, were received yesterday at the Foreign Department from the British Consul at Rio de Janeiro. — Despatches, dated October 12, were received yesterday at the Foreign Department from the British Consul at Bahia. Sir John Cam Hobhouse transacted business yesterday at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Office in Downing street. Lord Holland visited Lord Melbourne yesterday in South street. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign Department for the British Ministers resident at the Courts: of Hanover and Naples. ':Redschid Pasha, the Turkish. Ambassador, transacted business yesterday at the Foreigr s Department.